New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-12
IRISHMEN WHO BECOME PRospERoux
NOTES FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION.

NOTES FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND OBsERyA7,ox.
OPAN uptown cAsTLr GApDES.D
81 am q sort Of An uptown Castle Garden mxs.,,
and run the business tar and square everv time
though always nj loss, Tor never get snytbi,o %,
nv trouble
This il what p B. Ca slim. of the Gilsey House ssid
to a ,IBUNE reporter q few days ago when ssk.d
what he thought OF the into the alleooa
abuses ut Castle Garden. On beng asked TO ex,laiu
he said that there was scarcely vessel arrived Mt
this port that didn't have two or more Irish immi.
grants upon it who had his address AMI who no
sooner landed than they vent straight either T., IN.
hotel or to his private address to got en- situs.
ton" 10 generally manages he Gays, to throw ioh
In th'ir way" but gets dsgusted at the ingratitudo
which is shown atterward in the majority of ca,e. n,
those whom he beirieDds.
Casiia is a Rcscomnon man, and, though onIs
twenty years In chs country. is now . solid ct,z.,
With good deal OF money saved some house. tb.,
he can call his own. and hotel at Far Rockaw,v
He saws that he had only s. and knew no trade wLs,
he set foot in Castle Garden ut the close Of the war
e ere ut along through successive stages from bo,.
to no el uat hs reached the Glsey House his nro,
ent stand. where he make, good wages head rter
His symuathies are almost altogr her Oh the side ~
Republic ,nism. an! Their, IL hardly p,blic man ~
that party in any section Ot the United Statos vb
DOESN'T know =. B. Csslin. Many good situation h.
has got for new Irish arrivals through the influence
OF these men.
Yo." sad he TO the reporter, " I am an untov,
Castle arden without doubt. and could give vou
m any interesting points which come under nv notic.
Tue Irish lmmi grants now much better Informal
than those who were coming when got here And
strange TO say. most of them are RepuDlicansv
" How IL that &
"Mr aine's candidacy, which cau.ed the l.s,
Presidential election be discussed in England IA n
mayer discussed bnOre. has done 1t. All tina
lea ing Irish newspapers, including United Ireland
and Inc Freemans Journa > we're on the side Of
the Republican candidate that time aud yOu would ha
rprised to the interest displayed BY those youne
fellows who call upon mo and who in the con,ss OF
talk inquire about the general election as tey
term it,"
I" hat kind of fellows call on you!
"Clerks. bOokkoepers. dry-goods assistants or as
thsy are Gal led in Ireland drapers cnrates battan
ders aud so on. And am no politician help them
sitter know tire fellows or NOT 80 long, of cogr.e
~ take them to be honest and wiling to work tor
when arrived in this city at first was taken BY
the hama by man who did not know me, but took
my face Don't be mistaken there's aany and nan,
an OPP ortunty tor lrsbian to become rich IN this
country without entering 20 tics. Nv experience IT,
though, that the lrshiaa0 "bO comes 8ero Door ard
wants at once to get wealthy rarely ever Dies brt
the man who comes here POOR aud makes the same
exertOs that he made ireland and lives "a m0der
Ately is certain to get rich And it is the Irishnea
who have the least learning generally wuO succeed
the hest
:" Why is that ~
For the reason that the tortoise beat the hare
in the in the fable rhe educ lted lrshman WHO
cones hero nakes big spurt sopn after his arrival
ant he dccsn reach the point be becomes at
disheartenef. and falls INTO lazy ways because ht
can't keep up appearances. Ills comparatively Hitter.
ate brother, on the contrary. has appearances t.
keep ~. knows lie has great Oea to learn ard il
content to fare bumbly knowing that in time will
win a competence anu have his reward"